Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'awful' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'awful' in the standard works and contain 21.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:46-47 (4 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 15:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 9 9
NT 0 34 34
BM 47 5 52
1 Ne. 4 1 5
2 Ne. 10 3 13
Jacob 4 0 4
Mosiah 2 0 2
Alma 13 0 13
Hel. 5 0 5
3 Ne. 1 1 2
Morm. 2 0 2
Ether 2 0 2
Moro. 4 0 4
DC 0 7 7
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 47 56 103

Hel. 4:25
Therefore the Lord did cease to preserve them by his miraculous and matchless power, for they had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness; and they saw that the Lamanites were exceedingly more numerous than they, and except they should cleave unto the Lord their God they must unavoidably perish.

Hel. 5:28
And it came to pass that they were overshadowed with a cloud of darkness, and an awful solemn fear came upon them.

Hel. 6:30
And behold, it is he who is the author of all sin. And behold, he doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder, and doth hand down their plots, and their oaths, and their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation to generation according as he can get hold upon the hearts of the children of men.

Hel. 6:40
And thus we see that they were in an awful state, and ripening for an everlasting destruction.

Hel. 7:4
And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment-seats-- having usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;